Jim McDermott

Jim McDermott (28 December 1936-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-WA 7) from 3 January 1989 to 3 January 2017, succeeding Mike Lowry and preceding Pramila Jayapal.

Biography
Jim McDermott was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1936, and he served as a US Navy psychiatrist in California during the Vietnam War. He served in the state house from 1971 to 1973, in the state senate from 1975 to 1987, and in the US House of Representatives from 1989 to 2017 as a Democrat. McDermott was affiliated with the Progressive Democrats, and he retired in 2016.